Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1228:
Liberalisierung des internationalen Handels mit Dienstleistungen: Herausforderungen und Chancen für Entwicklungsländer
Matthias Lücke and Dean Spinanger
Abstract: This paper discusses possible strategies for developing
countries in negotiations on trade in services in the ongoing WTO Doha
Development Round (DR). The liberalization of service imports (including
through direct investment) will generate benefits through higher quality,
lower prices, and better access mainly if competition among suppliers is
enhanced. This is typically the case for producer services, such as
domestic and international transport, financial services, and
telecommunications. By contrast, the rationale for import liberalization is
less clear for consumer or infrastructure services with network monopolies
(such as water or energy distribution) or when demand is constrained by
poverty (health care, education). In such cases, carefully calibrated
government policies, possibly with international donor support, may be
required to achieve a socially optimal level of supply. Finally, most
service exports by developing countries face few import barriers in
industrialized countries. However, under the GATS, service exports could
also be delivered through temporary movement of natural persons. If Doha
Development Round negotiations were to increase opportunities for temporary
labor migration, the benefits to developing countries could be large.
Keywords: Entwicklungsländer, internationaler Dienstleistungshandel, GATS; Developing countries, international trade in services, GATS; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: F130; (follow links to similar papers)
89 pages, September 2004
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